Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Chesterfield 
Clarke 
Craig 
Culpeper 
Cumberland 
Dickenson 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
197 
477 
207 
731 
262 
147 
2007 
220 
496 
193 
667 
285 
170 
acres, 2012 
19,961 
66,946 
46,625 
126,395 
57,144 
15,048 
2007 
21,527 
67,919 
41,630 
111,370 
56,817 
14,342 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
102 
285 
166 
440 
167 
84 
2007 
102 
244 
144 
404 
193 
85 
acres, 2012 
5,802 
23,207 
8,636 
49,735 
12,655 
1,808 
TENURE 
2007 
5,183 
25,269 
7,669 
44,898 
11,079 
1,642 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
148 
364 
137 
504 
185 
112 
2007 
171 
351 
125 
471 
206 
117 
acres, 2012 
10,378 
30,919 
22,385 
43,556 
30,557 
5,915 
2007 
12,798 
27,582 
(D) 
40,132 
(D) 
6,926 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
67 
204 
104 
261 
92 
50 
2007 
70 
156 
90 
246 
116 
52 
acres, 2012 
1,453 
9,491 
3,871 
11,581 
2,651 
639 
2007 
1,523 
7,177 
(D) 
12,085 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
27 
94 
64 
187 
71 
34 
2007 
32 
103 
64 
163 
77 
46 
acres, 2012 
7,186 
32,474 
23,023 
72,128 
24,797 
(D) 
2007 
7,623 
32,375 
22,277 
58,500 
24,267 
7,046 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
3,482 
10,928 
12,537 
30,812 
13,502 
(D) 
2007 
3,246 
13,100 
9,451 
23,631 
14,041 
1,631 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
3,704 
21,546 
10,486 
41,316 
11,295 
4,932 
2007 
4,377 
19,275 
12,826 
34,869 
10,226 
5,415 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
21 
73 
57 
152 
71 
33 
2007 
25 
74 
51 
129 
75 
32 
acres, 2012 
3,039 
12,483 
4,391 
34,217 
9,410 
(D) 
2007 
2,796 
15,562 
4,519 
26,013 
7,310 
945 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
22 
19 
6 
40 
6 
1 
2007 
17 
42 
4 
33 
2 
7 
acres, 2012 
2,397 
3,553 
1,217 
10,711 
1,790 
(D) 
2007 
1,106 
7,962 
(D) 
12,738 
(D) 
370 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
14 
8 
5 
27 
4 
1 
2007 
7 
14 
3 
29 
2 
1 
acres, 2012 
1,310 
1,233 
374 
3,937 
594 
(D) 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
864 
2,530 
(D) 
6,800 
(D) 
(D) 
Total operators 
number 
317 
743 
322 
1,195 
394 
230 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
99 
238 
115 
350 
147 
82 
2 operators 
81 
216 
73 
307 
103 
53 
3 operators 
14 
21 
15 
65 
9 
10 
4 operators 
1 
- 
4 
9 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
2 
- 
" 
1 
2 
Total women operators 
number 
146 
291 
98 
437 
134 
64 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
111 
273 
76 
367 
121 
56 
2 operators 
10 
9 
5 
29 
5 
4 
3 operators 
5 
- 
4 
4 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
314 
749 
291 
1,075 
450 
235 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
140 
261 
109 
329 
150 
111 
2 operators 
68 
218 
75 
279 
110 
53 
3 operators 
10 
16 
4 
56 
20 
6 
4 operators 
2 
1 
5 
1 
5 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
- 
2 
- 
" 
Total women operators 
number 
123 
280 
93 
400 
151 
54 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
112 
260 
83 
344 
135 
54 
2 operators 
4 
10 
5 
22 
8 
- 
3 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
2 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
124 
346 
174 
576 
209 
134 
2007 
155 
384 
153 
507 
227 
158 
acres, 2012 
15,461 
56,641 
40,680 
116,537 
47,797 
14,019 
2007 
18,040 
60,067 
34,335 
100,762 
49,594 
13,469 
Female 
farms, 2012 
73 
131 
33 
155 
53 
13 
2007 
65 
112 
40 
160 
58 
12 
acres, 2012 
4,500 
10,305 
5,945 
9,858 
9,347 
1,029 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
3,487 
7,852 
7,295 
10,608 
7,223 
873 
Farming 
2012 
88 
222 
107 
299 
138 
76 
2007 
98 
235 
90 
319 
131 
66 
Other 
2012 
109 
255 
100 
432 
124 
71 
Place of residence: 
2007 
122 
261 
103 
348 
154 
104 
On farm operated 
2012 
154 
428 
175 
603 
226 
132 
2007 
177 
442 
152 
555 
253 
146 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
43 
49 
32 
128 
36 
15 
2007 
43 
54 
41 
112 
32 
24 
-continued 
714 Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
